CHURCHILL is likely to swerve the Prix Jacques le Marois at at Deauville on Sunday in preference for a trip to York later in the month.

The dual Guineas winner was a late withdrawal from the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood last Wednesday, due to the testing conditions, but he had been in the frame to head to France this weekend. But trainer Aidan O'Brien is now favouring an assault on the Juddmonte International at York on August 23.